Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. ... When the stock market drops 10 points in some cities, it constitutes a tragedy. Someone who dies is not news, but lowering income by 10 points is a tragedy! In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash.
Pope FrancisChrist leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.
Pope FrancisA population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future, because it abuses both its memory and its promise.
Pope Francis